The U.S. Supreme Court has blocked an effort by the Trump administration to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program, in a ruling that is expected to provide at least temporary relief for thousands of construction workers and their employers, industry observers say.
In a June 17 opinion written by Chief Justice John Roberts, the court ruled 5-4 against the administration’s attempt to terminate the DACA program. It was established under a 2012 executive order by then-president Obama to provide immigration status for an estimated 700,000 so-called “dreamers”—individuals brought to the U.S. as children.
